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Mary Darby Robinson - To the MyrtleMary Darby Robinson - To the Myrtle
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UNFADING branch of verdant hue,  In modest sweetness drest, Shake off thy pearly tears of dew,  And decorate my breast. Dear emblem of the constant mind,  Truth`s consecrated tree, Still shall thy trembling blossoms find  A faithful friend in me. Nor chilling breeze, nor drizzling rain  Thy glossy leaves can spoil, Their sober beauties fresh remain  In every varying soil. If e`er this aching heart of mine  A wand`ring thought should prove; O, let thy branches round it twine,  And bind it fast to Love. For ah ! the little fluttering thing,  Amidst LIFE`S tempest rude; Has felt Affliction`s sharpest sting,  YET TRIUMPHS UNSUBDUED. Like THEE it braves the wintry wind,  And mocks the storm`s fierce pow`r, Tho` from its HOPES the blast unkind,  Has torn each promis`d flow`r. Tho` round its fibres barb`rous fate  Has twin`d an icy spell; Still in its central fires elate,  The purest passions dwell. When LIFE`S disast`rous scene is fled,  This humble boon I crave; Oh! bind your branches round my head,  AND BLOSSOM ON MY GRAVE.
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